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" I've never been married and I've no more desire to be married now than I ever have. I hate bureaucracy and I am not religious. "

Francesca Annis

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" From one till seven, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese. But I can't speak a word of it now. "

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" My mother was madly adventurous. My father was an actor - he worked with Gielgud - and my mother came from a very wealthy family. She definitely wasn't meant to marry an actor, but she eloped with him one lunch-time. "

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" The thing about doing anything artificial to your hair is that you have to look after it. So you're always vulnerable to the weather and time. "

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" I can easily sleep from nine to 13 hours a night. "

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" From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese. "

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" The wonderful thing about acting is you move along with your decade. The older you get, the more interesting the parts you get to play and you bring more of your personal experience to the part. "

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" So many stars lose their way, and with success become more neurotic, not less so. "

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" I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and also have a family... they are nearly always seen as victims. "

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" In the theatre, once you've gone about eight rows back, everybody else is just listening to you. You're very small, and nobody can really see what you're doing. "

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" Everything has changed. An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive. "

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" I think people have surgery for psychological reasons more than because of their looks. "

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" I've never been too afraid of what other people have said, especially when I was younger, but I suppose that was the arrogance of youth. "

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" My parents were hugely supportive like that. I was always the best - it's so embarrassing, isn't it? I was always the best at everything. "

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" In films people basically work for the camera, you know, and that's why actors can hate each other and not be speaking to each other and still look as if they're in love because really they're loving the camera loving them. "

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" I'll dance to anything: Bob Marley or rap. "

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" I don't think the media circus has ever been a shock to my life seeing as I was with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor when I was 17. "

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" My children were brought up with their grandparents, and I was brought up with my grandparents. I think the continuity of moving through life together gives people a certain pride and sense of security. "

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